A chapter of existential literary fiction; tracing hunger, faith, and the search for meaning
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Author: Zyphar Animas
Editor: Nimo Verin
Publisher: Print & Digital
Published: 2025
LAW OF BARE HANDS
I wasn’t always this man you see now.
Back then, I lived small—room to room, carrying more dust than certainty. I remember the weight of coins that barely clinked, the taste of meals stretched just past hunger, the silence after goodbyes that weren’t even dramatic—just necessary.
I didn’t suffer in any noble way. I survived.
I had no idea why I was so unwanted. I never asked for much. I didn’t need anything from anyone. I always helped others.
My mother used to introduce me with pride—telling others I would carry her legacy among all the children. I never knew what that meant, not really. But I saw how my other siblings fell silent whenever she said it.
We lived in a place with broken windows, a small cot, and just enough food to hold off hunger. My friends would tell me stories—about towers that touched clouds, restaurants where food wasn’t for survival, but for show.
They spoke of cities lit by wealth and ease, where hunger was not a weight but an aesthetic.
I used to ask my mother about it.
She never laughed. She never lied.
“Yes, Zyphar,” she said. “Those places are real.” “Then why isn’t our world like that?” I asked. And her answer—always the same:
“It will be, my love. Once you become a man. You will carry my ideology and your father’s warmth of heart. And when that day comes—everything will change. You will live like the ones you heard in those stories.”
I believed her.
Even when nothing changed, even when things stayed broken. Some days I didn’t know if I was creating something or just surviving it.
I learned how to read people. How to carry myself in places where no one would notice me leave. How to speak when needed, and disappear when not.
Back then I didn’t realize it, but the silence—those quiet years, that quiet version of me—shaped me. My time was flying.
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Story Summary
This chapter of Zyphar Chronicles I embodies existential literary fiction at its rawest, capturing the journey from hunger and obscurity into faith, doubt, and transformation. Through the voice of a boy growing into a man, existential literary fiction reveals how survival is never clean, how silence shapes identity, and how questioning faith can feel like rebellion and truth at the same time. The Law of Bare Hands is not about glory but about carrying weight with nothing but will, a perfect reflection of existential literary fiction where suffering itself becomes the forge.
Beta Reader Reactions
“This is existential literary fiction at its finest—raw, honest, and deeply human. Every line carries the weight of survival and silence.”
“I’ve read a lot of existential literary fiction, but rarely does it feel this lived-in—faith, hunger, and doubt woven into something unforgettable.”
“The chapter redefines existential literary fiction. It doesn’t lecture—it breathes. Hunger, faith, and love are all tested in the crucible of survival.”
Critics Review
This chapter stands as a commanding example of existential literary fiction, where survival is stripped down to hunger, silence, and unrelenting trial. The “Law of Bare Hands” is both a metaphor and a lived condition: survival without promise, faith without return, love without certainty. What defines its literary value is the way existential literary fiction here refuses consolation—it does not glorify poverty or veil suffering in romance. Instead, it uses restraint, memory, and raw questioning to expose the rift between belief and reality. The narrative balances mythic echoes with the grounded weight of lived pain, proving that existential literary fiction works best when it forces us to confront the void, and then asks us to keep walking.
This chapter of existential literary fiction speaks to anyone who has wrestled with silence, hunger, or the search for meaning. It is not about glory, but about what it takes to survive and still hold on to truth. If the story moved you, there are more standalone chapters of existential literary fiction in Zyphar Chronicles I: The Becoming. Together they trace how love, loss, and resilience shape the human soul. The full book is available now on Amazon and UBL.
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